Reality Bytes - Wired Perspectives #AnandKumarPadmanaban

Imagine if your phone could call up your near and dear once it senses that you are not being normal in terms of the activities you do or in terms of your dexterity or mobility ? Imagine if your computer could call the tech support chap since it senses that your hard drive is going to crash ? Welcome to the world of Artificial Intelligent (AI) Systems . I read a gartner report that 85% of customer interactions are projected to be managed without a human by 2020, I also read that more than 1.6 B USD has been invested into AI uptil last year . AI has been around for a very long time ( right from my engineering school days) but of late has been garnering a lot of interest. I have to hazard a guess and state that it’s because of lower cost of computing and storage including cloud computing and big data concepts. AI can be referred to as the brain , an intelligent agent in an autonomous entity.  AI typically encompasses machine learning, natural language processing and understanding, de

2017 has started off and it is the time for writing up your new year resolutions ... and NO, I am NOT going to bore you with advice and other perspective but just going to give you a succinct list of possible things you can think about as you make your way through 2017 ....hope this helps ... Surround yourself with people you truly enjoy being in the company of and stop being judgemental (including yourself), choose being happy over being right Say ‘thank you’, Smile more and be kind Be comfortable with silence and listen to understand, not to respond or retort Prioritize yourself and procrastinate only when absolutely essential Be Mindful - Feel your breath Hope you can think through and make these subtle adjustments ... Have a good 2017 Stay blessed ...